REFERENCE POINT Volume 6, Issue 2 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES’ NEWSLETTER • OCTOBER 2009 Presents from the past Clarke collection connects women to family history Hand-written letters and old family photographs clutter a table in the Clarke Historical Library. Corky Evans Hyatt is spending the day with her father. There are tales about reckless things he did in his youth. Stories about his family life. “My father died more than 30 years ago,” she says, holding one of his letters. “Reading these, I can still hear his voice in a way.“ Hyatt of St. Louis, Mo., and her cousin Kathy Evans Collins of Indianapolis sorted through 40 boxes of the library’s “John Pollie Collection” in late summer. Pollie’s Aunt Rosie was grandmother to Corky Evans-Hyatt, left, and her cousin Kathy Evans Collins find both Hyatt and Collins. family photos and letters at the Clarke Historical Library. Pollie owned a circus in the early 1900s and later operated carnival games. Some of the Pollie collection is on display in the Clarke through January 2010 for the “Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals” exhibit. Because of the current exhibit, the women found out via the Internet that the Clarke has a rich collection – almost 100 years worth – of their family history. “I lived with my grandmother for a while,” says Hyatt. “She always had great stories. I wanted to do something – like write a book – on Grandma Rosie’s life, but I couldn’t find enough information. Well, that has just changed.” The two women say they have been seeking out family history for decades. And for the past 10 years, they have taken weeklong genealogy trips, which they call their “girl getaways.” But they had never found information as extensive as what the Clarke has. “I have stumbled across diaries that belonged to someone else’s family before, and I thought, ‘Why couldn’t that have been from our family?’” Hyatt says. “But look – now we have 40 boxes of family letters and photos. I think that beats any diary.” •

Come one, come all! Turn to page 4 for more information on the Clarke Historical Library’s “Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals” exhibit. Dean’s Column Beyond the books and journals REFERENCE POINT Reference Point is published Libraries provide central location biannually by University Libraries. for university resources Address questions and suggestions to: Often I’ve described our beautiful Park Library as a library and Office of the Dean center for selected academic support services. Indeed, one of its 407D Park Library distinguishing strengths is that in it there are, in addition to great Central Michigan University library collections and wonderfully helpful library staff, several Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 excellent services that in complementary ways contribute to the common enterprise of Park Library, which is assisting faculty Editorial Board teaching and research and student learning and success. Thomas J. Moore Dean of Libraries The Help Desk is CMU’s centralized provider of technology support for on- and off-campus students, faculty, and staff. Nearby, Richard Cochran Tom Moore Associate Dean of Libraries Media Services offers a broad spectrum of audiovisual resources, especially equipment and videos/DVDs, for classroom and course- Jodi A. Robinette related activities. Both services are operated by the Office of Information Technology. Director of Development Gerry Edgar Also supporting the use of learning technology, but going well beyond, are FaCIT – the Manager, Library Business Services Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching – and CID – the Center for Instructional Design – Reference Point Coordinator which is a part of CMU’s extensive Off-Campus Programs. Together these units supply to faculty a comprehensive array of teaching consultation, training, instructional development, Production and multimedia production services. Their goal is to aid faculty in the use of best practices CMU Public Relations and Marketing for teaching and learning – in classrooms and online, and on campus in Mount Pleasant and off campus at many dozens of CMU sites in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Writers Nicole Burdiss Services for students Tracy Burton, ’02 Sarah Chuby, ’03 Two services offered directly to students are the Writing Center and Student Disability Levi Conley, ‘09 Services. The Writing Center, one of four locations on campus, provides students with peer Dan Digmann writing assistance on site and online. As a broad goal, the Writing Center aims to nurture Editor “a culture of writing” at CMU, just as the Libraries aim to support a culture of reading and Dan Digmann information use. For students with disabilities or temporary impairments, Student Disability Services assists full participation in the learning and growth opportunities of the university. Designer Amy Gouin Both also provide substantial help to faculty in working with students. Photographers What one can find in Park Library, then, beyond the books and journals and other Robert Barclay information resources typically found in libraries, is an unusually rich constellation of Peggy Brisbane talent and collaborative relationships, with beneficial Printing effects radiating outwardly across the campus and 2 CMU Printing Services across the widespread geographic and virtual range of the CMU community. For me it’s a daily pleasure to Libraries’ Web Site share in the combined efforts and special collegiality www.lib.cmich.edu of librarians, technologists, various types of learning specialists, faculty, students, and support staff. Academic Year In this issue of Reference Point you’ll learn about some Library Hours of the many other worthwhile things that occur in the Mon - Thurs: 7:50 a.m. - Midnight CMU Libraries. Let us know your comments and, if you Fri: 7:50 a.m. - 8 p.m. have them, your questions. Sat: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sun: Noon - Midnight

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CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo). UComm 8132-4,275 (10/09) Dean’s Column Research and Writing Nights Cultures in counterpoint

Consultants assist students Washington Post’s Arana with course projects presents at Friends luncheon Reference librarians from the University Library Acclaimed writer and critic Marie Arana says her big break in life and from Off-Campus Library Services and came when she grew up surrounded by two different cultures – the Writing Center staff teamed up last spring her father was from Peru, her mother was from the United States. to help students with their research papers “It was a big break, indeed,” Arana told the nearly 100 people through a service called Research and Writing attending the annual Friends of the Libraries event early last Nights. Reference and writing consultants summer in the Park Library Auditorium. helped students perform research and integrate the findings into their writing. In her keynote presentation – “The Writer and the Critic: Making a Life and Career Between Two Unfriendly Cultures” – Arana shared This service is again being made available this stories of how her childhood experiences in Lima, Peru, and then fall, says Mary Ann Crawford, director of the in Summit, New Jersey, helped prepare her for her career. Writing Center that has one of its four on- campus locations in Park Library. Arana is a writer-at-large for the Washington Post and was editor of the newspaper’s discontinued Book World section. She also “Writing is a communicative act,” she says. is the author of books, “It’s important for any writer to receive including “Lima Nights” feedback.” and “American Chica,” a The service will be available the end of fall memoir of her Peruvian- semester on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday American upbringing that during weeks 13 and 14. was a 2001 National Book CMU English faculty member Brooke Harrison Award finalist. is thrilled with the new service and sees it as a As challenging as it was significant stride in the center’s program. juggling two cultures as “Every once in a while you see a program child, Arana says it’s been make a big leap, and I see this as a big leap even trickier being a critic forward,” Harrison says. and a writer. In addition to the Research and Writing Nights “It’s like being the fox and program, students and faculty members the hound … Dr. Jekyll and interested in using the Writing Center’s Mr. Hyde,” she says. “A life as a critic and a writer isn’t Washington Post writer Marie Arana, left, visits services can schedule an appointment or come with Rebeca Torres-Rivera at the annual Friends in during walk-in hours. • easy, but I wouldn’t have it of the Libraries luncheon. any other way.”• Write on You’re invited In Park Library, the Writing 3 The CMU Friends of the Libraries is a Center is located in the northwest corner of the fourth membership organization that supports floor. – through contributions and volunteer activities – the programs of the University Regular hours Library, the Clarke Historical Library and 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday Off-Campus Library Services. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday- Members of this group receive special Thursday invitations to: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday • Library-sponsored and Friends of the Telephone Libraries events 989-774-2986 • Behind-the-scenes library tours and more Online Become a Friend of the Libraries today: www.chsbs.cmich.edu/ Call 989-774-3500 writing_center Welcome to the Big Top

‘It was more than just a show’ Decades of carnival and circus life on exhibit The people who entertain at circuses and carnivals always attract attention – from claiming the title of “World’s Only One-legged Aerial Clown” to a psychic who would pay $200 if she could not read your future. So naturally, Marian Matyn, an assistant professor and archivist at the Clarke Historical Library, wanted to put carnival and circus life on display. But this time she wants spectators to come away with more than amazement; she wants them to get an education. “These performers made a living and were able to spend time with their families. It was more than just the show. It was being part of a community,” Matyn says. “I’m very excited and hope everyone will come out to see what we’ve brought in.” The Clarke Library exhibit “Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals” is up now through January 2010. It’s curated by Matyn, and much of the display is material she collected during her 2007 sabbatical researching the topic for a book project. •

The Amazing Miniature Circus! Couple creates a small display as a large tribute Mike and Karen “Janke” Janczewski of Saginaw Township created this miniature circus more than 30 years ago. The 4 Janczewskis made the circus to pay homage to the many Michigan performers they remember seeing when they were younger. The circus, which is on display in the Clarke Historical Library, includes a main tent that has 1,500 people in the grandstands. The Ferris wheel lights up and rotates. There is a hot air balloon that goes up and down. And there is a trapeze artist – near a tent that says ‘Flying Melzoras’ – that swings. • Marian Matyn, Clarke Historical Library archivist, shows Bill Thomas, former trapeze artist, newspaper articles about Michigan circuses and carnivals featured in the current Clarke exhibit.

Man on the Flying Trapeze ‘Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses With the greatest of ease, a Flying Melzora remembers circus life and Carnivals’ Former trapeze artist Bill Thomas, 93, takes Moving to another display, Thomas browses •Now through January 2010 notice of the Clarke Historical Library’s items such as a whip used by the famous •8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday extensive exhibited collection of carnival and lion tamer Clyde Beatty and a 1960s 5 circus memorabilia, some dating back to the newspaper article about his mother, Jane through Friday at Clarke mid-1800s. Thomas, giving a trapeze performance in Historical Library “You have absolutely everything. Everything celebration of her 80th birthday. •Information: clarke.cmich.edu and everyone that I remember is here,” But he stops at “Riding Sensation of the Thomas says, peering into the glass cases. Age,” a memoir about Dorothy Herbert. Thomas, who was a Flying Melzora – a “She would ride side-saddle on a horse nationally known Michigan-based trapeze over hurdles of fire,” says Thomas, who group – in his youth, was a featured speaker made his first on-stage appearance at age for the opening of the Clarke Library exhibit 1, since his parents were heavily involved in “Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses circus life and started the Flying Melzoras. and Carnivals,” which is curated by Marian “I thought she was absolutely crazy.” Matyn, archivist at the Clarke. The exhibit is What about flying through the air on a open through Jan. 31, 2010. trapeze without nets to catch you? Is The Flying Melzoras started in the early that crazy? 1900s and gave performances until the “No, we weren’t doing anything out of the 1960s. The Thomases – Melzer, Buster, ordinary. We were just making a living,” says Jane, Raymond, Bill and Ann – traveled as Thomas. Then, after a pause, the Saginaw the Flying Melzoras with the Shrine Circus, resident continues, “I guess it is all a matter Barnum & Bailey and the Ringling Brothers. of perspective.” •

Development Column Making a difference together

Collective efforts benefit all CMU students In June we had our annual Friends of the Libraries Luncheon at Park Library. Besides an interesting speaker and fine food, we were in great company. It was exciting to have nearly 100 of our Friends in the same room. It was a nice event and a small token of our appreciation for the valuable support for the CMU Libraries. Some strangers and some friends, but all came together as supporters of the CMU Libraries. Jodi Robinette Being a philanthropist means knowing one person can make a difference. A single individual’s generosity can enhance our New year energizes services, collections and more. Together, learning community with all their generosity combined, our Now that the fall semester has started, Friends are truly making a difference in students, faculty and staff are all back with the library support for CMU’s academic a renewed energy for learning. Our crowded programs. Park Library is a reminder of that. Your gifts What motivates each individual to give help every academic program on campus, varies. Yet, each dollar that is given helps and they also assist us to provide excellent in many ways. With academic budgets still art exhibits as well as the exhibits and tight, uncertain state budgets and the cost collections in the Clarke Historical Library. of journals and periodicals increasing rapidly, Your donations can benefit any area of the donor support is more important than ever. Libraries you prefer. Whether you select the general Library Endowment, the Clarke Historical Library, books and journals for a specific college or department or choose to support library speakers and special events, we appreciate your generosity. Your support is needed more than ever. Remember, there are many ways to give: cash gifts, gifts of stock, planned gifts, 6 pledged gifts over a number of years, memorial/honorarium donations, in-kind gifts and more. Please contact me at 989-774-1826 or by e-mail at [email protected]. I would be happy to help you with any questions or just chat about your interest in the CMU Libraries and the university. You have the opportunity to make a beneficial difference and be a true philanthropist! Thank you to all who already give to the CMU Libraries. Jodi A. Robinette Director of Library Development and Community Outreach

Park Library Returning the favor Alumna supports her campus refuge Everyone has a place where they go to get away from it all. For Donijo Robbins, ’94, that place was Park Library. “I had three roommates my first two years and five my last two years at Central, so the library quickly became my favorite place to study or just get away from reality,” Robbins says. “I would spend hours after class studying before I went to work. And if I wasn’t studying, I was looking for books to read.” Robbins, an associate professor in the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration at Grand Valley State University, says about 10 years ago she noticed an envelope in Centralight alumni magazine and decided to make a donation. “I saw the envelope, and it made sense for me to contribute. I give what I can, but I try to double the amount every year,” says Robbins, who lives in Grand Rapids with her husband, Keith De Jonge, and their dogs, Reagan and Lucy. Robbins says she has watched Park Library grow and transform over the past few years, and she is a proud supporter – mostly because she knows her investment helps Donijo Robbins provide additional resources for CMU students. “Now Park Library is amazing – even more so than when I was a student,” she says. “At CMU I got a great education and wonderful experiences, and a large part of that came from the library. Now other students need Park Library like I did. “I knew I wanted to give to the library because the library gave so much to me.” • Giving history Annual gifts to the Clarke preserves and advances collections Much has changed in 25 years, but for Susan Sadenwater, ’64, one thing stays the same: her gift to the CMU Libraries. She says there are several reasons she has chosen to donate annually to the Clarke Historical Library for a quarter of a century. “I didn’t have a lot of money, but I gave what I could because it is important to support something that you believe does a great service.“ She also says her love of Michigan and its history has made donating 7 to the Clarke a satisfying choice. “When I was a CMU student, I remember taking a Michigan history class and being so fascinated and proud of my roots,” says the Freeland resident and Michigan native. “And the Clarke is incredible because it has an extensive collection of Michigan history.” Frank Boles, director of the Clarke Library, says because of supporters like Sadenwater the library is able to add important pieces to the collections that normally would have been out of financial reach. Boles says a recent example of an acquisition the Clarke could make because of donor support is a signed six-page letter from writer and journalist Ernest Hemingway, who spent summers in northern Michigan as a youth. “Ernest grew up in Michigan, in many ways, and in this letter he tries to convince a friend of his to come to Michigan for the summer. He writes about fishing and the beautiful Michigan landscape,” Boles says. “It is a wonderful letter that talks about our state and what it was like to live here. And now, because of people like Susan, that letter will stay in Michigan.” In addition to the collections, Sadenwater – who attended the opening event for “Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals” – says she enjoys coming to campus and attending CMU Libraries’ events. “I try to make it here a couple times a year. There have been great events and presenters, especially (author) David McCullough,” Sadenwater says. “It makes me feel connected to a place where I’ve had some really great memories.” • Information technology

Library adds five multimedia rooms “These multimedia rooms will help students prepare for group projects or run through Erika Shrauger describes the characteristics class presentations,” says Gerry Edgar, library of a Leonardo da Vinci painting to two fellow business services manager. “Now students CMU students. Shrauger, a junior, uses her won’t have to crowd around a computer or laptop to find online images of da Vinci’s pass around a laptop for group activities; work. But instead of crowding around her to everything can clearly be seen on the LCD see, the students – using one of Park Library’s screen.” new multimedia rooms – look up at a 40-inch LCD flat screen. The rooms are available to CMU students, faculty and staff. A valid CMU ID card is “In the ‘Mona Lisa’ you can tell that the work required to check out a room at the library’s CMU Libraries’ is unfinished, which is a sign of a da Vinci,” second floor Book Checkout. Laptops and she says, using the cursor to point to the exhibits and connection cords also are available. painting’s edges where a column peeks out. events calendar “This painting was supposed to include the The idea came from a visit Dean Tom Moore columns, but he didn’t finish. The painting made to a newly constructed library that had lib.cmich.edu/exhibits was supposed to be larger than it actually is.” LCD televisions in the study rooms. CLICK! The Photography of To help students like Shrauger in their “He came back and said, ‘We need Juanita Baldwin courses, Park Library recently added multimedia rooms for our students,’” Edgar multimedia to five of the existing group study says. “The rooms were the library’s summer • October 30 to December 7 rooms – which vary in size and setup with project. Our goal, which we met, was to have • Baber Room seating available from two to 10 people – on the rooms ready for student use by fall.” the library’s third and fourth floors. The rooms In addition to the five multimedia rooms, Jillian Pekel: Photojournalism are equipped with 40-inch LCD flat screens Park Library has 16 group study rooms and traveling experience and laptop connections built into the study 41 individual study rooms.• • November to December 2009 room tables. • Extended Hours Study, Park Library CMU Art Department Foundations Exhibit • Through January 2010 • Extended Hours Study, Park Library

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Student Erika Shrauger, right, likes using the new library multimedia rooms for her art history courses. Helping CONDOR to soar

Haggart lightens the load to submit works Abby Haggart is making it easier for CMU faculty, staff, and students to post their research and creative works on the CMU Online Digital Object Repository. After she receives the brief electronic submission form describing the piece to be posted on CONDOR, the Libraries’ access services specialist acquires the necessary copyright permission from the publisher. “I do as much as I can,” Haggart says. “The larger CONDOR gets, the more utilized it will be.” CONDOR is the online resource that collects and permanently preserves the research and creative products of CMU faculty, staff and students. Repository items include articles, books, theses, dissertations, simulations, and published and unpublished research. Benefits of posting on CONDOR By posting on CONDOR members of the CMU community will: • Allow their services and scholarly works to be discovered by others worldwide • Increase the possibilities of collaborating with other Abby Haggart scholars • Tap into a resource that makes unpublished works visible and discoverable • Always have a permanent link to their deposited work • Leverage the advantages of open access publishing Stepping onto CONDOR Indexed by Google and other search engines, CONDOR enables these works to be shared, discovered and www.condor.cmich.edu disseminated electronically. Simply put, posting your work on CONDOR is a three-step Ruth Helwig, Libraries’ systems librarian and CONDOR process. Here’s what you need to do: team leader, says the Libraries want to encourage Step One: Author Agreement Form 9 more CMU community members to contribute their materials to the developing online repository. Visit condor.cmich.edu and complete the Author Agreement Form. “We assume responsibility for seeking copyright permission to make things easier for the submitter,” Step Two: Enter Submission Information Helwig says. “We know that everyone is busy and seeking copyright permission is time consuming. We Click the “Submit An Item” tab, enter your CMU global ID want to do what we can to simplify the process.” and password and complete the “Submission Information” form. Click the “Next” button to continue. Haggart receives the submission form and then works with library bibliographers to research publisher Step Three: Review Submission and Upload File information and make the necessary contacts for Double check your information and upload your file. Click permission to place the work on CONDOR. Depending the “Complete Submission” button. on accessibility and responsiveness of the publisher, she says it can take anywhere from hours to months to Congratulations! Your work is done. receive the needed permission. Library staff members now will complete the process. This With the publisher’s approval, Haggart finds a useable includes acquiring copyright permission from the publisher digital file and uploads the work to the repository. and posting your work on CONDOR for the whole world to With Haggart’s help, the contents of CONDOR are see and cite as a valued scholarly and creative work. • expanding, giving it potential as a useful tool for accessing intellectual output from CMU academic activities. • Site for more eyes

Library adds new media methods “The Clarke is here to help shine a light on to reach patrons history for our patrons,” Powers says. “This Web site will be another avenue through The CMU Libraries want more which we can do that.” patrons – students, faculty, staff and community members Libraries fan club – to be aware of their services If you already are a fan of CMU Libraries, and resources. To do that, the there now is a way that you can make it Libraries have increased their official. All thanks toFacebook.com . online presence. Michael Lorenzen, head of reference Using new media outlets – services, says he is using a new media such as blogging and social method to disseminate library information to networks – library patrons can patrons – but the focus is on the students. explore research methods, ask questions or find out the latest Walking around the library observing student happenings at the library. And computer use, Lorenzen says he noticed a they can do it from the comfort favorite student Web site: Facebook.com. of home. The library now is using Facebook to get library events and information about new New-age history offerings, like the new multimedia study What do you get when you mix the past with rooms, out to the students. new media? The answer: The Clarke Historical In addition to learning about what is going on Library’s MichiganinLetters.org. at the Park, students can e-mail questions via The Clarke’s blog was launched in July and the social networking site. highlights the manuscript collections of the “Any time you walk around the library Clarke Historical Library in a new way. Its and see computer screens up, you will purpose is to elucidate the pieces of the see some students looking at Facebook,” Clarke’s collections. Lorenzen says. “They don’t respond as well Online visitors will find scanned images of to traditional methods like paper flyers. So, the Clarke’s actual letters and documents in addition to the traditional methods, we and samples selected from the thousands of thought we’d try an untraditional one. It is manuscripts held by the Clarke. just another way for us to reach out and serve our students.” Accompanying the selections are introductory notes, edited transcriptions, annotations and And it seems to be working. As of commentary on editing historical documents. September, the library has more than 10 220 fans registered on the new site. • “The blog format allows the reader to compare the original document with the transcription and view images that relate to the document,” says Susan Powers, Clarke Library reference specialist. “People can see what is involved in documentary editing and can learn about the Clarke’s resources.” An interactive feature for the Web site is that visitors are invited to contribute comments and to ask questions about the selections.

Susan Powers, Clarke Historical Library reference specialist, says the blog MichiganinLetters.org is a valuable tool to engage people in historical research. Research from out of the woodwork

Reference librarian shares passion with new bibliography Sitting in his Park Library office decorated with woodcarvings, paintings and other works of art, Robert Faleer discusses his recently published bibliography. “My annotations are designed to provide the user with as much information as possible and to present not only basic information about each work but also to capture the spirit of each work as well as the author’s intent,” says Faleer, a University Libraries’ reference librarian. “Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535” is a reference tool featuring more than 900 annotated citations. Faleer has presented and worked with misericords, wooden church furnishings and other forms of church woodwork in the past, but this was his first authored book. The idea to write an annotated bibliography about church woodwork started forming in 2005. Faleer noticed a lack of reference guides about the subject and took it upon himself to provide one of quality. “This bibliography is the most comprehensive and informative publication dealing with late Romanesque, Gothic and early English Renaissance church woodwork currently available,” Faleer says of the book’s value. Researching three years in U.S. and U.K. He spent roughly three years performing research, writing and laying out the book, the research being the most time- consuming. In May 2007, Faleer signed a contract with its publisher, Scarecrow Press. During Faleer’s research journey he spent a lot of time in libraries across the United States and the Robert Faleer’s interest in church United Kingdom. “I spent time at the Newberry Library in Chicago, the woodwork resulted in his recently Bodleian Library at Oxford University, the Main Library at Cambridge and published bibliography that the British Library in London,” Faleer says of his travels. concentrates on late Romanesque, 11 Gothic and early English Renaissance Faleer says his job as a reference librarian came in handy during the works. Faleer is a University Libraries’ research process. His knowledge of what sources to use and where to reference librarian. find sources was greatly influenced by his line of work. Overall, Faleer says he is very pleased with how the book turned out. In fact, he is so happy with his first book-length bibliography that he is already thinking of writing a follow-up. “My next book project will be an annotated bibliography dealing with floor tombs in British churches, specifically monumental brasses and incised stone slabs,” Faleer said. The book was released at the end of April. Copies of “Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535” are available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or any major book service worldwide. •

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